#2D42A5#2D42A5

#2D42A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.161 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42A5
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 60%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 26.90, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 61.94, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% -0.0022 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.161 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8196, 7.1699, 36.4564)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42A5 #A5902D

analogous

#2D7EA5 #2D42A5 #542DA5

triadic

#2D42A5 #A52D42 #42A52D

tetradic

#2D42A5 #A52D7E #A5902D #2DA554

square

#2D42A5 #A52D7E #A5902D #2DA554

split-complementary

#2D42A5 #A5542D #7EA52D

monochromatic

#131C45 #202F75 #2D42A5 #435BCC #7385D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#2D42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#2D42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42A5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42A5	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.161 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c0',
    500: '#2d42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42a5;
$custom-light: #7776c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42579,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42A5

secondary

#C1B26D

accent

#C647E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42A5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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